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Library 

OF  THE 

University  of  NortK  Carolina 

This  book  was  presented  bj'  the 

farniiy  of  the  late 

KEMP  I'LUMMER  BATTLE, 

President  of  the  University  of  North  CaroHna 

from  1876  to  1890 


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PROGRAM  OF  CLLLBRATION 
AND  DEDICATION 


of  the 


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At 


GUILFORD  COURT  HOUSE  BATTLE- 
FIELD 

July  3rd,  1915 


"In  the  manoeuvering  that  preceded  it,  in  the 
strategy  that  compelled  it,  in  the  heroism  that  sig- 
nalized it,  and  in  the  results  that  flowed  from  it,  the 
Battle  of  Guilford  Court  House  is  second  to  no  bat- 
tle fought  on  American  soil.  Over  the  brave  men  who 
fell  here  their  comrades  marched  to  ultimate  victory 
at  Yorktown,  and  the  cause  of  constitutional  self- 
government  to  assured  triumph  at  Philadelphia.  To 
ofiicer  and  private,  to  continental  soldier  and  volun- 
teer militiaman,  honor  and  award  are  alike  due;  they 
need  neither  defence  nor  eulogy,  but  only  just  recog- 
nition. A  grateful  nation  erects  this  monument,  there- 
fore, as  an  expression  of  its  solemn  pride  in  the  men 
who  fought  here,  of  its  imperishable  devotion  to  their 
memory,  and  of  its  unalterable  confidence  in  the  per- 
manence of  the  principles  which  their  example  vindi- 
cated and  their  blood  consecrated." 


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Program  of  the  Twenty-sixth  Annual 
Celebration 

at 

(BluUfora  (Enurt  Housi*  igattUfielli 

July  3rd,  1915 


9:30  A.  M. 

Line  of  march  Tvill  form  in  following  order: 
The  Adjutant-General  of  North  Carolina  and 
Chief  Marshal;  thirteen  young  ladies  on 
horseback,  representing  the  Original  Thirteen 
States;  Regimental  Bands;  Marshals  of  the 
Day;  Speakers  and  Guests  of  Honor;  Military 
Companies;  Artillery  Corps;  Boy  Scouts. 

The  parade  will  move  across  the  battlefield  along 
the  old  historic  roads  to  the  Sjieakers'  Pavil- 
ion. 

SxprriBpB  at  -#peakpra'  llauilmn 

10:15  A.  M. 

Music — Regimental  Band 

Invocdiion — Rt.  Rev.  Joseph  Blonnt  Cheshire, 
Bifhop  of  North  Carolina 

Address  of  Wclconte — Governor  Craig,  of  North 
Carolina 

Address — Governor  Goldsborough,  of  Maryland 

Music — Chorus  and  Regimental  Band 

Address — Governor  Miller,  of  Delaware 

Adclress— The   Lieutenant-Governor   of   Georgia 

Music — Chorus 

Address — Lieutenant-Governor  Bethea,  of  South 
Carolina 

Address — By  the  Official  Representative  of  the 
State  of  Virginia,  to  be  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Stuart 


Music — Eecjimental  Band 

Address — The  Governor  of  Eliorle  Island,  or  his 

Official  Representative. 
Address  of  Presentation  of  the  Greene  Memorial 

Monument    to    the    Guilford    Battle    Ground 

Company — Senator  Lee  S.  Overman,  of  North 

Carolina 
Address  of  Acceptance  of  the  Greene  Memorial 

Monument,  on  behalf  of  the  Guilford  Battle 

Ground  Company — Hon  Charles  M.   Stedman 
Benediction — Et.      E«v.      Edward     Eondthaler, 

Bishop'of  the  Moravian  Church 

1:00  P.  M. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  addresses,  the  proces- 
sion, led  by  Band  and  Chorus,  will  march 
through  double  lines  of  troops  to  the  Greene 
Memorial  Monument.  The  monument  will  be 
unveiled  by  a  lineal  descendant  of  General 
Nathanael  Greene 

1:30  P.  M. 

After  the  unveiling,  Governor  Goldsborough,  of 
Maryland,  will  place  a  wreath  on  the  monu- 
ment erected  by  the  Maryland  Historical  So- 
ciety to  the  memory  of  the  Maryland  troops 
who  fought  in  the  battle  of  Guilford  Court 
House 

1:45  P.  M. 

Eeview  of  Troops  and  Exhibition  Drill 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  formal  exercises,  a 
luncheon  will  be  tendered  by  the  Guilford 
Battle  Ground  Company  to  its  guests.  At 
this  luncheon  a  number  of  visitors  will  respond 
to  toasts. 


Note. — The  above  program,  while  approximately 
accurate,  is  tentative,  and  may  be  changed  in  some 
slight  details. 


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